John McCarthy has died

karol · 2011-10-25 18:39:41

Not sure if it warrants another thread [1], but creator of Lisp, John McCarthy died :-((((

[1] mods can split it, if they want

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ewaller · 2011-10-25 18:52:27

Yes, He deserves his own thread. Split.

I had the honor of spending a week with him on an Island in the Caribbean in 1975. I was in middle school at the time. Marvin Minsky was there as well. I did not realize at the time that I was in the presence of giants.

Pank · 2011-10-25 19:58:36

Yes, I saw it. Thanks, John, and rest in peace.

nixpunk · 2011-10-27 15:34:44

At least he lived a long a full life. My best to his family.

xelados · 2011-12-12 18:51:10

I never really got the whole Lisp thing, but his language apparently changed computing as well. Respect.

Boxes · 2011-12-14 03:07:46

I couldn't believe it when I found out. Like I was taking a Computer Science class and just beginning to learn about McCarthy when he died! 0_0 Sad, isn't it. The Computer World has lost one of our best.

bernarcher · 2011-12-14 08:00:23

Not to forget, when McCarthy created Lisp computing was a really adventurous task. Nowadays most of his problems have become dull routine.

Nevertheless, there is still a lot to explore. And we haven't really started non-algorithmic computing yet.

Boxes · 2011-12-14 20:44:23

We've started non-algorithmic computing? But I thought that was impossible-ish?

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